This session introduces Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) using Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5. It covers the basics of using VSTO along with security and deployment issues. Demonstrations show the use of VSTO with several different Office applications.

This VSTO session covers the use of writing managed code for standard controls such as buttons, text boxes, radio buttons, and others. Demonstrations show how these controls can be added to Office applications to give users easy access to new functionality.

The third session in this series explains the use of specialized controls including actions panes, forms, regions, smart tags, and the ribbon. Demonstrations are provided for each of these.